Southampton 1-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 December 2025

Result

Southampton 1-1 Coventry City

Championship · Saturday 20 December 2025, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Southampton · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Southampton 1-1 Coventry City: match report

Southampton drew with Coventry City 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 December 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Ephron Mason-Clark opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Southampton's goal came from Nathan Wood (56'). Coventry City scored through Ephron Mason-Clark (44').

Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Coventry City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Southampton were 10th on 30 points from 21 and Coventry City 1st on 47 points from 21. Southampton went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Coventry City 1st with 95.

Southampton lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Coventry City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Léo Scienza of Southampton (7.8), level with Nathan Wood (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Southampton wins, 4 draws and 2 for Coventry City.

Going into the match Southampton's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Coventry City's W-D-L-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Matt GrimesCoventry City
  • 36'Yellow card · Taylor Harwood-BellisSouthampton
  • 44'Goal · Ephron Mason-ClarkCoventry City · 0-1
  • 47'Red card · Jay DasilvaCoventry City
  • 56'Goal · Nathan WoodSouthampton · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 4, draws 4, Coventry City 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Oliver DovinCoventry City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)

Southampton line-up (3-4-2-1)

Gavin Bazunu, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Nathan Wood, Joshua Quarshie, Welington, Flynn Downes, Caspar Jander, Ryan Manning, Finn Azaz, Léo Scienza, Adam Armstrong

Coventry City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Carl Rushworth, Milan van Ewijk, Luke Woolfenden, Joel Latibeaudiere, Jay Dasilva, Victor Torp, Matt Grimes, Jack Rudoni, Josh Eccles, Ephron Mason-Clark, Haji Wright